Saturday, January 28, 2012

Lexington Listen Up

Just got back from Lexington. Went to hear Nikky Finney readat Morris Book Shop. I have heard her read before--about 8yrs ago, here. Now, she's the National Book Award for poetrywinner, and it is exciting to see how her work has progressed,how humble she remains and excited about poetry, how surprisedshe was by the numbers of people who came to hear her read.

To make the drive go by faster, I listened to the CDs my friend,Josh, gave me for Christmas. And the Tom Waits my son gaveme. Going to have to post some Black Keys first. Fell in lovewith them. My youngest son has been listening to them for sometime, but I had not listened to them until this weekend.